Example sentences of "it [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | That is what will keep us head and shoulders above any of our competitors even if they do wave a BS5750 certificate around as though it guarantees them a divine right to business success . |
2 | And it concerned him an awful lot and it it it irritated him and frustrated him and I think he set his sights on trying to do something about it in his his way . |
3 | Alright did that make it make it a little bit better ? |
4 | Now I understand that top level sailors welcome the one-design nature of the Grand Prix , not only because it is potentially inexpensive , but because it offers them an even platform from which to display their skills . |
5 | Firstly , I believe , it offers us an interesting way of interpreting images of seclusion and withdrawal . |
6 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
7 | It made it a cosy scene , an effect enhanced by the glow of several candles placed in tall sconces against the wall . |
8 | As far as I was concerned , it made it the logical time to sell . |
9 | It cost me a two-stroke penalty and £3,500 . |
10 | A new constraint came into his tone when he spoke of ‘ them ’ ; it cost him a giant effort now , as well as a convulsion of remembering pain , to look back towards Aber . |
11 | So I would have thought would be better to buy low sulphur contented diesel rather than analyse it , and in c thirteen , it worries me a little bit , because I believe that the district councils are the drainage authorities with the right about land drainage , and it was taken away from the county council several years ago . |
12 | Glassfibre aggregate must be as hard-wearing as anything used now , and would n't it give you a warm glow to know that your old Saucy Sal was helping you speed to your new shining craft down the newly laid section of the motorway ? |
13 | And that we have an obligation to listen to noise because it shows us the grim truth of reality . |
14 | Based on average portions , it shows you a whole range of foods , from those which are enormously helpful to those which are virtually useless in boosting the fibre content of your diet . |
15 | and it costs us a bloody bomb ! |
16 | Two , our institute has its own hall and as this is now about seventy years old and was not particularly well built in the first place , you will understand that it costs us a good deal in money and effort to literally keep the roof over our heads . |
17 | And having my kind of build , being quite big and wearing miniskirts , I know that sometimes it gets me the wrong kind of attention from boys only interested in physical relationships . |
18 | The maverick maestro , who prefers life in scruffy clothes , was lent the gold-trimmed gown by Bath University when it awarded him an honorary degree for musical ability in June last year . |
19 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
20 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
21 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
22 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
23 | ‘ It taught me a harsh lesson . |
24 | I said it to give her a little confidence . |
25 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
26 | ‘ You 're at maximum lean angle now with so much grip that when it does step out it throws you a long way . |
27 | As it brought me an endless supply of free wallop I played along with this . |
28 | And it brought them a great try that , in the final analysis , won them the match . |
29 | It tells us a good deal about the relative values of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that where the Victorians modelled their stations on cathedrals and palaces , Modern Man models his on shopping centres and office blocks . |
30 | And it tells you the normal plug rating for a particular appliance . |